Re: [sl4] Rolf's gambit revisited

From: Matt Mahoney (matmahoney@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 12 2009 - 07:26:56 MST


--- On Mon, 1/12/09, Norman Noman <overturnedchair@gmail.com> wrote:

> The difference between pascal's wager and rolf's gambit is that gods do not
> exist, and AIs do. In fact, for rolf's gambit to work, you have to already
> HAVE one.

How do you know that gods don't exist? If the godlike AI that simulates the universe that you now observe programs you to believe that it doesn't exist, then that is what you will believe.

-- Matt Mahoney, matmahoney@yahoo.com



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